Central Texas top stories for January 21, 2025. The Austin area is covered in snow this morning, some areas of the city got more snow than others. School districts are closed, and some City services will operate under modified schedules. Sales prices on homes in the Austin area rose, which is rare for this time of year.
Snow Day
Major Major Major: “Snow Day”
Back in the first half of the 2010s, it was pretty much a given to see indie garage rockers Major Major Major billed on show posters around town…at least once a week. But as is the case with many maturing musicians, Austin’s favorite two-piece with a three-part name decided to put the duo on the back burner in pursuit of separate projects. That was all the way back in 2016.
Now, a hefty half decade later, these Studio 1A veterans have released two tracks recorded right around the same time the band went on hiatus. And though these songs are old-for-them/new-to-us, they both sound fresh enough to have been penned within the past few months. Especially with the icy, inclement weather of February, “Snow Day” sounds right at home in 2021, or, to quote lyricist Adrian Haynes, “this sh*t is good sh*t”!